Being a Mom sometimes feels like being a Drill Sargent. There are those days where I have to remind myself that I’m the parent and not their friend. They may think that my rules are one-sided, but their attitudes are lopsided. I will not argue with my six and five year old. It would be…
By Beth My son has a milk moustache. It mixes with the peanut butter and jelly already mucking up his lips, his cheeks. He is out of his chair – dancing. “How does my skeleton make me move, mommy?” He sings a made up silly tune as he dances, whirling around, experimenting with all the…
Today Tanya From God’s Character will be talking about setting boundaries. To read more posts from Tanya you can go to https://godscharacter.wordpress.com/ I remember seeing a photo some time ago of a person in an area with a fence going all around it. The person in the fenced area did not want to be there…
Today’s parenting post is by Grace. Grace is a wife, homeschooling mom, doula, pastor’s kid, and writer. She currently resides in southern Oregon with her husband and three gorgeous children, where they enjoy walks in the woods, wading in the river, reading good books, and attending a diverse and compassionate church. You can find…
1:05PM My kids are rustling quietly around in their beds. It’s rest time at our house, and it is a rare day indeed that we can’t set our clock by rest time. Considering I lean in the direction of free range parenting, this strict enforcing of quiet time could seem a little strange. As a…
“If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.” ― Henry Cloud She was frustrated, it was written all over face. She wasn’t asking for the…
